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Saturday, October 31, 2015
Barkley Rosser — VSPs Get Their Way With Budget Deal: Social Security Benefits Are Cut
Military spending increases, SS benefits decrease. Who's winning?
Not as bad as Bush: "Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush alleged that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially refuted this claim, he finally blinked and rolled out the "lockbox" plan, an opaque strategy to say the least"
Gee, thanks Obama. Taking money from the disabled and giving it away as corporate welfare.
ReplyDeleteNot as bad as Bush:
ReplyDelete"Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush alleged that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially refuted this claim, he finally blinked and rolled out the "lockbox" plan, an opaque strategy to say the least"